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On the Origin of COVID

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The origin of the COVID-19 pandemic has become a heated and politicized public debate. Did the virus come from a Chinese lab leak, or did it jump from animals to humans in a Wuhan wet market? Enter Michael Worobey, Department Head of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona and one of the world’s leading scientists studying the genomic origins of pandemics. His research has now demonstrated definitive evidence in favor of a market origin for the virus, but public opinion on the topic remains slow to catch on.

Producer: Bryan Nelson
Editor: Bryan Nelson
Videographer: Nate Huffman

UA Research & Discovery Producer/Reporter